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Title
Additional field records provide further resolution of the distribution of the Water Monitor Varanus salvator (Squamata: Varanidae) in northwestern Myanmar
Author(s)
Platt, S.;Win, M. ;Rainwater, T.
Published
2018
Publisher
Journal of Threatened Taxa
Published Version DOI
https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4425.10.10.12425-12428
Abstract
Despite being one of the most common and widely distributed varanids in South and Southeast Asia (Bennet et al. 2010; Das 2010; Chan-ard et al. 2015), the distributon of the Water Monitor Varanus salvator (Laurent, 1768) within Myanmar remains poorly delineated, partcularly for the central and northern regions of the country (Cota et al. 2009; Sai Sein Lin Oo & Bates 2016). Smith (1935) stated that V. salvator was “plentful throughout Burma” [now Myanmar] without mentoning any specifc localites. Anderson (1878) and Boulenger (1888) reported specimens of V. salvator from the Bhamo and the Kachin Hills, respectvely. Cota et al. (2009) suggested these earlier records could be in error, perhaps representng specimens obtained in markets or transported as food, and further noted that extensive collectng by research teams from the California Academy of Sciences failed to record V. salvator anywhere in central and northern Myanmar.
Keywords
Water Monitor;Varanus salvator;Geographic Distribution;Myanmar
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